Re: Editable?
Re: Editable?
- Subject: Re: Editable?
- From: jj <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 01:34:10 +0100
- Thread-topic: Editable?
> I have an open handler that tests a dropped file to see if ...
> 1. It's an application. (easy)
> 2. It's an AppleScript (easy)
> 3. I am the owner (easy)
> But I also need to test whether or not it's editable.
> The only test I have found that works is to try to open it with an
> editor and get an error if it's not editable, but this method is
> not acceptable. And how does the editor know this?
>
> Anybody have any ideas?
You can install Jon's Commands and try to load the script, then coerce it to
string. Eg:
#########################
set q to alias "path:to:file.scpt"
try
load script q as text
on error
--> not editable
end try
#########################
Satimage's Smile also provides this "script to text" coercion.
Otherwise, if you need it vanilla, this may work (or not):
#########################
set scpt to read alias "path:to:file.scpt"
set isNotEditable to (scpt's item 25 is ((ASCII character 255)) and (scpt's
item 26 is (ASCII character 254)))
#########################
You must enclose the raw-source of the script in the var "scpt" (if
data-fork, "read" will do the trick; if resource-fork, ask again if needed).
jj
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